let's talk about the books I read in january 🫶🏼 [january wrap-up] 

Divine Rivals and Ruthless Vows were my absolute favorite reads in January (and could very well be in the top for the entire year)! ❤

when you were talking about betting on you and said when you’re reading a book and they’re being romantic and you’re just like “no”, that was so funny but also so relatable 😂😂😂

YESSSS I LOVE WRAP UP SEASON!!!

I read Powerless this month and absolutely loved it! It only took me a week to read it because once I was in, I was in whole heartedly. It reminded me of the Hunger Games in a lot of ways but there was many differences. I also loved the fantasy elements of like people with super powers and people without them. It felt like it could have been a dystopian/futuristic world, instead of a fantasy make believe world. But it also felt very historical I guess as well with the royal family and that type of thing. But the romance in this book was so beyond anything I've ever read before, even though it was rather simple, there was just something about it that had me hooked. I read this after finishing the last daisy Haites book in Jessa Hasting's series and I thought the romance in powerless would disappoint me because of that. But I was pleasantly surprised, Powerless isn't as poetic of have beautiful descriptions like Jessa Hasting's writes but it was still beautiful nonetheless. I just loved the adventure, the discourse, the conflict, the power imbalances, the corruption, just everything. I have never read fantasy before just dystopian kind of books and this book really took me back to that. It felt nostalgic in a way, it was perfect. It says the new book is coming out May 2024... but when I googled it looks like it won't be available until July here in Australia :( such a long wait and I want it now because I NEED to know what happens!

I didn't read this in January, but one of my favorites from 2023 was The Universal Christ by Fr. Richard Rohr. It's nonfiction about the concept of Christ/anointed and what it means about God and the world. The author is a Catholic Priest from the contemplative/mystic tradition, so it was a different perspective than I usually come across. I definitely recommend when you're in the mood for it!

Mark of the Lion was my absolute favorite from January and I have never read a book like it!! Literally so good!!

I love your reading wrap ups Rach! You are so beautiful 🤍

Love wrap ups❤ Your shirt looks gorgeous. Absolutely adore it

I love you so Rachel! A breath of fresh air from a very chaotic month 🫶🏻🥰👏🏻

100 days of sunlight is so lovely!

YESS RACHEL POSTEDD!! I love wrap up video's🤍🤍

I feel bad because I had so many five star books in January. Reread the Percy Jackson series and that was obvs five stars. I listened to finding me by Viola Davis that was amazing. A man called Ove made me cry and was so heartwarming, and The Bee Sting by Paul Murray had my brain reeling. Wishing you a better reading month this time Rach! ❤

Love redesigned is on my February TBR 💜 glad to see it rated higher for you. Loving all the wrap up videos 💖 Ruthless Vows was a 5 star read for me.

The fact that you re-read Crescent City AND all these other books! You go! 😊 those books are door stoppers. 🚪 lol thank you for the wrap up! Excited to see your wrap up for February.

I read the infernal devices trilogy in january and LOVED it sm!!! I can not stop thinking about the characters 🤧 i'm currently reading the last 3 books of the mortal instruments. Honestly can't get enough of the shadowhunters world 🥰

100% agree on Better than the movies! Loved that book so much that now I find myself comparing other romcoms to it lol that’s the book that introduced me to Lynn painter and so glad it did Love your videos!!❤

Best wishes with your reading choices this year.

Love you Rachel!!

Absolutely love your top!

My favourite read for January would have to be Magnolia parks, my sister and I have started the series because of your recommendation. ❤

I’m sending you love and a great year ❤❤❤

one dark window is one of my favorite reads in 2024 so far!

I love reading wrap ups

Girly you had so many 4+ ⭐️ books. How is that not a good reading month?😭❤️

I loved betting on you! I'm so sorry you didn't have the same experience. I think it came to me at the perfect time and as an almost teenager (I'm 20) I felt like it was pretty realistic for how teenagers actually are lol. Also found it much better than Lynn's other two books, probably because I didn't have any expectations with it. I hope February is a better reading month for you!

I read Neal Shusterman's Arc of the Scythe series in January and really enjoyed it! I was pretty neutral on the first book, but it set-up the following two books so well and I liked them a lot more so I'm glad I kept reading.

Love you Rachel ❤

yas Rachel!! ♥️♥️

i'm in a massive slump rn so this is perfect for some new recs!! I also just uploaded my jan wrap up :)

Just read A Broken Promise and highly recommend. Debut novel so some grammatical errors on kindle but the slow burn, world building, side characters… ugh so good. Hooked me instantly.

I just read Archers voice, so good obsessed!!

Love this wrap up!! 🫶🏻🫶🏻 Also omg your top is so cute, where did you get it from?

My favorite January read has to be Love the Way You Lie by Gracie Graham! It's the 1st in the Boys of Riverside series (NOT standalones). An intense YA football romance with a love triangle that feels emotional, where both guys represent something different for her. And there's a mystery about a car accident throughout, touching on grief.

You, Again was my most recent 5-star read 😊

My favorite book from this month was definitely Becoming Mrs., Lewis, it was a new 5 star! Hang in there with the book slump, I am going through one as well ;-;

my 5 star reads this month included 'the things we leave unfinished' by rebecca yarros (AMAZING!!), percy jackson (obvs) and bloodmarked (the second book in the legendborn series) highly recommend all of these. love the video once again rachel :))

My favourite of January was Sky and Breath, I read it for the first time and lost it at that ending! 🤯

I'm late to the game but I read The Housewife and loved it!!! I thought the second half was so twisty and i didn't see it coming :)

My favourite book in January was POWERLESS by Lauren Roberts, damn I enjoyed every bit of it. I need the sequel ASAP!!!

Hi Rachel happy Wednesday night and I hope you having amazing day today and I loved your vlogs and you are amazing Supporter

I am certain! The new Magnolia Parks book will be that 5 star read for you! 🌟🥰

where is your cross necklace from? it’s so pretty!!

My favourite book for January was Love Stories by Trent Dalton. I typically hesitate to rate non-fictions, but this was a five star read

Amazing video!😸

ill keep commenting til you read it but SHARK HEART IS SO GOOD!!!

I read better than the movies and loveeed it! I had butterflies too, something I hadn't in a really long time

Pleaseee continue the red queen series!!!! It gets so good!!!

All Souls Trilogy, you would love it

As someone who’s first fantasy was red queen, I was changed as a person. Hahaha but I can totally see how it doesn’t do the job for avid fantasy readers.

I really recommend Rachael John’s new novel, The Other Bridget, if you’re ever in the mood for a heart warming, fluffy romance!

I read only one book in January, it was a 5 stars for me. And it's Better Than The Movies.

Who were your favorite characters in Lunar Chronicles Rachel? Mine were Cress, Scarlett and Wolf.

i also have a january slupmy feeling… but currently The Storied Life of AJ Fikry is helping me to read!!!!

Do you need to read lunar chronicles in order?

My January favs would be: The deal, The Mistake - elle kennedy P.S. you're intolerable - Julia wolf Yours truly - Abby Jimenez (reread)

omg i feel the exact same way about lisa jewell's books! i thought it was such an unpopular opinion. None of This is True made me feel SO icky!

Nice!!!

You need to read the sword catcher by Cassandra Clare

Thanks for sharing. Have a nice day 👍

please read the Monsters of Verity duet by V. E. Schwab! they were my favourite books of last year and I feel like you would really like them, it's a ya dystopian with Schwab's beautiful writing and the characters are amazing (if you like Kaz and Inej from Six of Crows you'll love Kate and August). I need more people to read these books haha

Please please please read number thirty two by Cassie steward, I read it last year it is now my all time fave read. 🥰

Would love to know where you listen to your audiobooks? 🙏🏼I feel like I can barley find audiobooks on the books I want to read or when I do, the price of the audiobook is 2X the amount of physical book 😅

You need to read Manacled!

My favorite in January was The Seven Year Slip. I'm reading The Measure by Nikki Erilick right now and I'm only 50 pages in but it's super good so far!

I'll be the one by Lyla Lee is really good, and has great plus size representation!

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Where can we join your book club?

Lola in the Mirror - Trent Dalton

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How do you read so many books 😭😭

ah so sad to hear you thoughts like that on red queen (they are 10000% valid of course I don't mean it like that). It is predictable because the big new books like Fourth Wing and Powerless are based on this. This is basically one of the blue prints. I get that if you read this now you might feel like this though!

i missed the reading statistics in this video 😢

As someone who has read the entire red queen series it’s truly NOT worth it, the last two books are unnecessarily too long with way wayyy too many povs and the ending is so unsatisfying, I wish I’d never read them they’re the only books I’ve ever truly strongly disliked haha

Dear Rachel I really want to send you a package, I emailed you 💕

I have also decided Lisa Jewell is not for me. She just gets way too dark, twisted, and yucky.

YA Romance rec!!! The Quantum Weirdness of the Almost Kiss! The most heartwarming childhood best friends to lovers book i’ve ever read 🫶🫶

My fav book from Jan is ‘Finale’ by Stephanie Garber 🎩🩸🖤✨